King James Version with Apocrypha
"And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house."
— 1 Kings 5:17, King James Version with Apocrypha
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.”
“And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. ”
“The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.”
“By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.”
“And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:”
“By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.”
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.